Movie Reviews and Previews It’s Jennifer Lawrence Time Jennifer Lawrence was in New Orleans this past weekend for the Unrig the System summit at Tulane University. She sits on the board of Represent.Us, a non-profit “dedicated to ending political bribery”, which hosted the event; she participated in panel discussions, moderated interviews, and presented awards. Jennifer was prepared By Lainey • Feb 07, 2018 10:38 am
BFFs Timothee x Frank Frank Ocean disappears. It’s what he does. He drops dope sh-t, blows our minds and goes away for a while until he drops his next mind-blowing piece of artistic genius. He doesn’t show up unless he wants to, or as Lainey put it this morning, he doesn’t By Kathleen • Feb 07, 2018 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars’ experience problem In the interest of building a self-perpetuating franchise machine, the Star Wars universe is expanding. Solo, the second of the “Star Wars Stories” is due this summer, and Rian Johnson is following up The Last Jedi by developing a new, unrelated trilogy for Lucasfilm. Yesterday, the latest element of the By Sarah • Feb 07, 2018 09:31 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for February 7, 2018 Dear Gossips, Half the dialogue of last night’s episode of Fresh Off The Boat was spoken in Mandarin. Half! In Mandarin! Jeff Chiang, a writer on the show, wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter about the significance of the “universality of specificity”, a concept Duana and I By Lainey • Feb 07, 2018 08:52 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Give Everyone HOMEWORK! Dear Duana, My partner is convinced that my favorite baby names are too old fashioned. I am pretty set on the name Patricia for a girl (a family name), but I also like Antonia and Estelle. He is mostly onboard with Patricia... because he thinks she could go by the By Duana • Feb 06, 2018 05:37 pm
What Else What Else? Do you have any home reno plans this year? We had to put off our reno plans last year because Jacek went through a low luck streak. Ma says this year is free and clear though so there’s a sh-tload of work to do in the basement – new bathroom, By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 05:20 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Rachel in high collar blue I like the high collar grandma Victorian thing. So, obviously, I’m all over this look on Rachel Weisz. Even the blue doesn’t bother me, and blue’s not typically my sh-t. This material isn’t typically my sh-t either. But it’s a great colour on her. And By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 05:08 pm
Top Reads Tiger in heat When I first saw these photos of Robert Pattinson yesterday, working out on the beach, I was just going to write about him being outside and exercising. I can’t do it. I cannot be hot. We’ve already talked about how I’m a fainter and the only thing By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Surprise, it’s a new Cloverfield movie A couple of years ago, JJ Abrams sprung a new Cloverfield movie on us after only a few months of hype. That movie, 10 Cloverfield Lane, turned out to be pretty good. And then began the hype for the next Cloverfield movie, which was, by that point, assumed to be By Sarah • Feb 06, 2018 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What is going on with Annihilation? Despite a couple good-looking trailers, there have been warning signs that things are not all well with the upcoming Natalie Portman-fronted sci-fi flick Annihilation. The film is due to be released on February 23 in North America and China, but its studio, Paramount, has sold all other international distribution rights By Sarah • Feb 06, 2018 03:01 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 6, 2018 Diane Kruger is learning to ride a motorcycle. Do you think she is getting lessons from Norman? A post shared by Diane Kruger (@dianekruger) on Feb 5, 2018 at 1:22pm PST Have you read Stacy London’s piece in Refinery 29? She delves into not just her health issues By Maria • Feb 06, 2018 02:17 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Greta’s Chanel and orange bow Pretty obsessed with the Chanel dress that Greta Gerwig wore to the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday. Super into the fabric detail at the shoulders and the waist. It’s unmistakably Chanel but also really suited to her, right? The word I would use to describe her style is “whimsy”. This By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 01:38 pm
Sally Hawkins The Oscar Nominees Luncheon You know who wasn’t at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday? Frances McDormand. At least I don’t see her in any of the photos. And maybe this isn’t surprising. Remember at the SAGs when Frances won for Best Actress and got up on stage all like, hey, younger By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 01:01 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Mary in Oscar white Mary J Blige, double Oscar nominee, at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon yesterday… In a perfect white outfit for the occasion. I mean, it’s perfect. She is perfectly styled for the occasion. I like that waist situation happening that elevates the look from being a white shirt tucked into a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 11:57 am
TV Updates This Is Us wins Why do we do this to ourselves? If you’re a crier like me, the Super Bowl episode of This Is Us was not fun to watch. It was good television – if you like emotional network TV dramas –but enjoyable? Gratifying? I mean, is sobbing into your laptop fun? Then By Kathleen • Feb 06, 2018 11:24 am
TV Updates Barbra… and Gwyneth?!? One of the best celebrity facts of all time is that Barbra Streisand has a mall in her basement. An actual mall. We have written about Barbra’s mall several times here on this blog. And for some reason, people don’t pay attention – TO THE FACT THAT SHE HAS By Lainey • Feb 06, 2018 10:40 am
